Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-11
PACIFIC COAST.
Arrest. Of Vanderbilt, the
"Wild West. Agent"
HIS LITTLE DDD,I ES EXPOSED,
bastard Y Attempt at Train
Wrccking in San Luis ObispO
County.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

iAssocinte,l Press Dispatches to the HERALD I
San LOSE, December 10.-H lrry L
Vanderbilt arrived here this afternoon.
He repre Sented himself as advance
agent for SullIvan'- viii West show,
and is charged W tn procuring money
under false pretences. His method
was TO cff-r to give q contract for
butchers and 9th r supplies for the
troupe at an advance on the prices
charged him, providing that he was
paid u cei tain amount down and the
balance when the bills for supplies
were collected. He succeeded in VIC
timizing several parties before he was
arrested. He admitted havinz been
at Stockton recently, and in response
to message sent there, a reply was
rereivel that he nd tried the same
game there AMI failed. His photo has
been found in the rogues' gallery.
HIS RECORD.
II is learned that he had been sent
TO San Quentin from San Bernard no
county fnr burglary, an WAS dis
charged in lime, 1885. From news
paper clippings in his possession it is
believed that he has been in Los An
geIes and other southern towns trans
acting the same business. He clairns
to be Il duly authorized ag mt for Sui
Iivan's show. He is stylish in ap ear
ance and dress and carries II gol'l-
he .,led nm brellt with the monosr I'm
'H. l.. W which he says was pre-.
sented to him by w. f. oily, whom
he formerly ser ed as manager.
WHAT WE KNOW OF HIN.
(Vanderblt was in Los angeles in
the latter part of Oc oher OF the
present year. He sent notices to all
She papers stating that he was the
representative of Sulivan's vii
West Show hut the HERALD re ewing
private information that he was sail
ing under false colors, declined to
publish his communication. After
several Intellectual attempts to fee g
the merchants OF this city, he
departed for the north on Octo-
ber 2Sl. A HERALD representative
happened to be on the cars at the
time and an incident occurred which
may prove interesting after the pres
ent expose. When the conductor in
the course of his rounds an
preached Vanderbilt. the so-called adj
vance agert pro uced porketbook,
looked in it, sighed, felt in all his
pockets and under the seat and finally
declared that he had lost his ticket.
"Can't help that" said the conduc
tor, 'you must either get ticket 1T
the next s alton or leave the train"
"The idea is preposterous, my dear
fellow" said Vanderbilt, bringing
from his seat. wve already paid my
fare, and do not intend to pay it
again"
"We'll see about that when we get
to the next deuot," said the con-
ductor, AMI ter finishing his tour of
the train the ticket colle.tnr returned
and sat in the seat next to Wander.
biit. where he remained until the
train stopped.
"Now, sir, what are you going to
do?" said the official, tapping Van
derhilt on the shoulder.
"I'm going 10 stay right here" was
the reply, but the next moment he
was gently passed out on to the depot
platform, and a stalwart brakeman
mounted guard over the steps TO see
that I've did not return. Vanderbilt
almost foamed at the mouth with rage,
and uttered dire threats and anathr-
mas against the blue-coated official,
but ut the last moment, when the sig
nal was given to pull out,
he "took water" and pro 'uced
the nece ssary fare, after which
he was allowed to re:enter the
train. The HERALD representati, e
was unfortunate enough to occupy the
next seat to the enraged advance
agent, and WAS compelled to listen Ia
his grie vances for two long, weary
hours. Among other things Wander
bilt stated that he was Il nephew ot
the millionaire of the same name, and
that he had interested himself in tue
show business partly for amusement
and partly for profit "Aiter doing
Califo MIA" he said, 81 shall 90 to
Australia" hut he has apparently not
"done" California as well as he antic-
ipatei II ED. HERALD.